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  • Title: Sexual agglutination factor from Chlamydomonas eugametos.
    Author: Musgrave A, van Eijk E, Te Welscher R, Broekman R, Lens P.
    Journal: Planta; 1981 Dec; 153(4):362-9. PubMed ID: 24276941.
    Abstract:
    Chlamydomonas eugametos gametes can sexually agglutinate via their flagellar surfaces whereas vegetative cells cannot. Therefore, flagellar glycoproteins, present in gamete cells but absent from vegetative cells, were investigated as prospective mt (-)agglutination factors. They were identified as periodic acid Schiff (PAS) stained bands separated in sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels. Gamete-specific bands were determined by comparison with equivalent gels of vegetative flagella and by immunological techniques using antisera raised against isolated mt (-) gamete flagella. Four high molecular weight flagellar glycoproteins proved to be gamete specific (PAS-1.2, PAS-1.3, PAS-3 and PAS-4). They were extracted from flagella by 3 M guanidine thiocyanate, separated in a column of Sepharose 2B, and tested for in vitro agglutination activity on mt (+) gametes. A single peak of activity was found to be correlated with the presence of the PAS-1.2 band. It is shown that mt (-) agglutination activity is related to the concentration of this glycoprotein in flagellar membranes.
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